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Michael Rubin, Author

Commonwealth Club - Silicon Valley

May 7, 2008

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During the making of Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas launched a secret research project that would go on to impact key media tools for editing, audio, video games and computer graphics. What began as a revolutionary notion about the democratization of cinema in the late 1960s from radicals like George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola continues to influence our experience of the personal computer today. Be present as industry guru Michael Rubin chronicles the intermingling of indie filmmaking and technology, and connects the dots from Star Wars to Web 2.0.

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  May 7, 2008

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  Check-In: 6:30pm
  Program: 7pm

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  Cubberley Community Center Theatre

  4000 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, CA 94303

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    "WOW! Like Lara Croft but for the Board Room - Carly's THE 1"
    Comment posted by: Jeannie Llewellyn from Palo Alto, CA, USA, Oct 02, 2006
    

    What an awesome person to meet and hear. How many people - much less women - can one name who has headed as public a company as HP, and who has been in the public eye, under heavy criticism, and given... Expand

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  • Event Name: George Lakoff, Author
    "Critical topic for progressives with interest in politics"
    Review posted by: Katherine Forrest from Portola Valley, CA, Jul 06, 2006
    

    The language they use is an important part of how conservatives have been able to dominate the national agenda. All too often, progressives and media folks help them do so by unwittingly using terms... Expand

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    The language they use is an important part of how conservatives have been able to dominate the national agenda. All too often, progressives and media folks help them do so by unwittingly using terms that reinforce the conservatives' positions. George Lakoff is an expert on decoding political language, and a clear and engaging speaker. You're guaranteed to learn something important from his talks. "Freedom" is going to continue to be one of the hot topics in American political discourse. Progressives need to learn how to talk about freedom in ways that express effectively what WE mean when WE use that word. Collapse

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